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When I open a second window firefox takes me to a search engine that is not trustworthy. How do I make it stop sending me there?

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I recently had a virus on my machine and I have gotten rid of it except when I open a second window firefox takes me to browssearch.org a site that WOT says is very unsafe. I want to have a blank page when I am opening a second window in firefox but whatever i do the same bad page comes up every time...

Thanks Chris Brennan

I recently had a virus on my machine and I have gotten rid of it except when I open a second window firefox takes me to browssearch.org a site that WOT says is very unsafe. I want to have a blank page when I am opening a second window in firefox but whatever i do the same bad page comes up every time... Thanks Chris Brennan

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Probably caused by Malware.

Install, update, and run these programs in this order. They are listed in order of efficacy.
(Not all programs detect the same Malware, so you may need to run them all to solve your problem.)
These programs are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have.
Note: If your Malware infection is bad enough and you are mis-directed to URL's other than what is posted, you may have to use a different PC to download these programs and use a USB stick to transfer them to the afflicted PC.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Windows Defender: Home Page - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/prod.../default.mspx
Also, if you have a search engine re-direct problem, see this:
http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/02/remove-google-redirect-virus.html

If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forum.aumha.org/
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
http://bleepingcomputer.com